HUD will host a webinar on preparing for the 2016 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Point-in-Time (PIT) Count on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 from 3:00-4:00 PM EST. The webinar will cover the 2016 Notice for Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Point-in-Time (PIT) Data Collection for Continuum of Care (CoC) Program and Emergency Solutions Grant Program. It will highlight new reporting requirements and data collection guidance for the 2016 HIC and PIT Counts. During the presentation, webinar attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions related to the HIC/PIT Notice.To register for this webinar please select the following link: Register Now.This webinar will be recorded and made available for future reference.If you have questions about entering HIC or PIT data that are not covered in this Notice, please submit them to the HDX Ask A Question (AAQ) portal on the HUD Exchange website. To submit a question to the HDX AAQ portal, select “HDX: Homelessness Data Exchange” from the “My question is related to” drop down list on Step 2 of the question submission process.

I'd like to invite you to the below Webinar scheduled for one week from today. Please forward to whomever works on AHAR in your CoC. Let me know if you have any questions. We're not quite sure at this point if it will be recorded.

CoC, HMIS and AHAR leads in the Mid-Atlantic Region (MAR) are invited to participate in the second MAR Learning Community call. During this call, we'll focus on tips and tools for a successful submission to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR). We'll have a brief presentation, then interview-style discussion with two AHAR "superstars" in the Mid-Atlantic region on their strategies for AHAR success. Ample time will be reserved for open discussion and questions. We hope you can make it! The bi-monthly calls are organized by the Mid-Atlantic Region's Technical Assistance (TA) team.

Online Event: EDA Webinar on New Grants Process | December 8 at 12:30pm

The U.S. Economic Development Administration recently launched a new grants process. This webinar will cover EDA's new forms and details on how to apply for funding. To join the webinar, click here. By phone, call (800) 832-0736 and reference conference #1844263.

Industry News

For more than 20 years, NeighborWorks has bestowed the Dorothy Richardson Resident Leadership award in recognition of outstanding contributions by dedicated community leaders. Read the 2015 winner profiles here.

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Last month, I argued that place-based community development can make low-income neighborhoods more resilient to climate crises. A commenter countered that my article undermined "mobility" strategies, which move poor families out of struggling low-income neighborhoods. This is not a contest: Both community development and mobility strategies have merit. But . . . More

Addressing Social Segregation in Mixed-Income Communities

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The New Rent Control Wars

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Think Manufacturing Is Dead in Detroit? Think Again

Brittany Hutson, freelance writer and editor

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"An Uber driver may not be raking in the cash they were led to believe, but if they are making money off of a depreciating asset that others are not, we can't consider it a total loss . . . If being a ride-hailing driver is the doom-and-gloom story you're portraying here, then why are so many drivers celebrating when a municipality welcomes them into their city?" --Chris L, more

"I love that Uber just opens shop wherever they want to. Our legacy cities are so crushingly bureaucratic and corrupt, we need ways to allow technology to get people the services and jobs that are part of the new economy. Sure we should pressure new technology jobs to take care of their workers, but it is foolish to try to shut down a whole new technology until they are perfect." --Marcia Nedland, more

Author Reply

"I fully believe that services that operate like Uber and Lyft are the future of taxi services . . .
My point was they can, and should, be made to do business in a non-exploitative fashion that respects their workers. And I don't actually believe there's anything to stop a socially responsible alternative (note that in Seattle there would have been an alternative if it hadn't been shut down), especially if we didn't give the bad actors unfair advantages . . . Please do follow the links to the Driving for Dignity site to see the stories of some of the drivers." --Miriam Axel-Lute, more

The Answer

Q: Do inclusionary housing requirements make housing prices go up for everyone else?

A: No, they do not.

Market-rate developers are business people. They charge as much as the market will bear. When housing prices go up, they charge more; when housing prices go down, they ask less. Developers are "price-takers" not "price-setters" because they only control a tiny share of the housing market. A large majority of rental and for-sale housing is located in existing buildings, not in brand-new buildings, limiting the influence of new housing, and inclusionary requirements, on home prices.

President and Chief Executive Officer National Low Income Housing Coalition

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes. Founded in 1974 by Cushing N. Dolbeare, NLIHC educates, organizes and advocates to ensure decent, affordable housing for everyone. NLIHC's goals are . . . Read Full Listing

Shelterforce magazine, the voice of community development, is seeking a sharp, organized, detail-oriented, flexible, cause-driven person to join our small editorial staff. We are a 40-year-old nonprofit that publishes both online and in print, serving practitioners working in the fields of affordable housing, community development and reinvestment, community organizing, community planning, creative placemaking, progressive urban planning, community economic development, racial and economic equity and justice, and related fields and movements . . . Read Full Listing

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